AC 2011-2921: IMPROVING THE PARTICIPATION AND RETENTIONOF MINORITY STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGHSUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMSDr. Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College Page 22.841.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 132 Improving the Participation and Retention of Minority Students in Science and Engineering Through Summer Enrichment Programs Amelito Enriquez CaƱada College, Redwood City, CAAbstractAlthough many California Community College
AC 2011-2920: IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL LEARNING STRATEGIES: TEAMTESTINGRebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, MankatoAndrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga Page 22.822.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Implementing Social Learning Strategies: Team TestingABSTRACTThis paper describes how to provide collaborative learning opportunities and fast feedback onexam performance by adding a team component to examinations. The method is supported byresearch in collaborative and active learning pedagogy and has been applied to computer sciencecourses ranging from first-year programming to graduate
AC 2011-2919: COMBINING THE FRESHMAN INTRODUCTION TO EN-GINEERING AND THE FRESHMAN WRITING COURSE INTO ONE CLASSDr. Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh Page 22.340.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Combining the Freshman Introduction to Engineering and the Freshman Writing Course into one Class Dan Budny, Beth Newborg and Michael W. Ford, Jr. University of Pittsburgh, budny@pitt.edu, bateman@pitt.edu, ford29@pitt.eduAbstract- Collaborations between engineering faculty and skilled experts outside ofengineering proper build strong undergraduate engineering curricula that